Two-faced star exposed

Two-faced star exposed
In a first for white dwarfs, the burnt-out cores of dead stars, astronomers have discovered that at least one member of this cosmic family is two-faced. One side of the white dwarf is composed of hydrogen, the other is made up of helium. "The surface…

Published August 30, 2023 at 06:48AM
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